Comment: Citizen housing panel maps Edmonds’ housing future. The panel’s recommendations are prepared for review and remark through the town council and community.
The panel’s recommendations are prepared for review and remark through the town council and community.
By Edmonds Citizen Housing Commission / For The Herald
As soon as the City of Edmonds developed the people Housing Commission in 2019, it defined its mission: “Develop, for council consideration, diverse housing policy options made to expand the number of housing (including rental and owned) for sale in Edmonds; aside from age, sex, competition, spiritual affiliation, real impairment or sexual orientation.”
For 18-months, two dozen Edmonds residents, chosen by City Council, paid attention to the general public, researched housing problems, examined future requirements and worked as a group, with general public input, generate those choices.
The Citizens Housing Commission desired more general public input than virtually any Edmonds commission, including:
Four available homes, one in individual and three online.
Four surveys that are city-wide February to December 2020.
Every conference had been live-streamed, every action published from the populous City web site.Read More »Comment: Citizen housing panel maps Edmonds’ housing future. The panel’s recommendations are prepared for review and remark through the town council and community.